Obstructive sleep apnea is common in medically refractory epilepsy patients

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1002-1007

  Malow, Beth A ^a,b   Levy, Kirk ^a   Maturen, Katherine ^a   Bowes, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Michael S Aldrich Sleep Disorders Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0034633697     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.55.7.1002     Document Type: Article

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